An aspect of this which, I think, we haven't discussed (and if I missed it, sorry)...
Owners who don't spend on scouting will run an increased risk of overdrafting players, based on cheap-money projections. When lesser players get drafted, better players move down in the draft order.
We have discussed whether there should be more "draft busts" or "Mike Trouts" coming out of the selection process. This is a way to make those things happen, without the owner picking a player who's been arbitrarily assigned some faulty ratings by the sim. If it happens this way, it'll be because owners didn't invest enough in their drafts... their own damn fault.
Which seems to me as it should be.